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MIDAS 4, 192

Orbit data source: Space-Track

MIDAS 4, 192 is a payload satellite owned by USAF SSD (US) in LEO that was launched on Sat, 21 Oct 1961 UTC via an ATLAS AGENA B launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

192, 1961-028A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

8 hours ago

Origin

United States Space Force (US)

Manufacturer

LMSC

Mission

Defense Early Warn

Bus & Motor

MIDAS, Unknown motor

Mass

~1,540 kg wet, 840 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1961-10-21 (64 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ATLAS AGENA B

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl, 8.99 m

Radar Cross Section

11.475 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 8 hours ago

0 MIDAS 4
1 00192U 61028A   25128.87223085  .00000016  00000-0  89173-2 0  9999
2 00192  95.8343 138.7106 0136636   4.0806 356.1133  8.67772571 13089

Epoch: 2025-05-08T20:56Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T20:56:00.745Z)

Latitude

0°

Longitude

-42.229°

Altitude

3,490.671 km

Speed

6.399 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 14m 50s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

13.94682°

Longitude

-43.60389°

Altitude

3,491.808 km

Speed

6.399 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

07h 06m 57s

Apparent Declination

-11° 03' 02"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:28:54

Azimuth

264.924° W

Elevation

-11.244°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

3,759.406 km

Perigee altitude

3,486.11 km

Semi-major axis

10,000.895 km

Eccentricity

0.0136636

Inclination

95.8343°

RAAN

138.7106°

Arg. of periapsis

4.0806°

True anomaly

356.00533°

Mean anomaly

356.1133°

Eccentric anomaly

356.0595°

Mean motion

2.17013 °/min

BSTAR

0.0089173

Orbital period

165.89 mins

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MIDAS 4 DEB (NOSECONE), 193 (Decayed)

MIDAS 4 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
35 mins	2025-05-09 11:33:15.193Z	16.821° NNE	2025-05-09 11:50:15.193Z	84.95° E	35.55°	2025-05-09 12:08:15.193Z	157.57° S
34 mins	2025-05-09 14:17:15.193Z	3.82° NNE	2025-05-09 14:34:15.193Z	290.653° WNW	39.941°	2025-05-09 14:51:15.193Z	222.333° SW
14 mins	2025-05-09 17:04:15.193Z	348.079° N	2025-05-09 17:10:15.193Z	327.274° NNW	14.453°	2025-05-09 17:18:15.193Z	300.18° NW
25 mins	2025-05-09 22:02:15.193Z	96.463° ESE	2025-05-09 22:13:15.193Z	52.688° ENE	25.632°	2025-05-09 22:27:15.193Z	0.297° NNE
34 mins	2025-05-10 00:37:15.193Z	169.457° S	2025-05-10 00:54:15.193Z	289.396° WNW	44.85°	2025-05-10 01:11:15.193Z	350.288° N
21 mins	2025-05-10 03:31:15.193Z	251.804° W	2025-05-10 03:40:15.193Z	285.791° WNW	18.124°	2025-05-10 03:52:15.193Z	329.674° NNW

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